Paul Manafort told his associate, Rick Gates, that one of president's personal lawyers promised to 'take care of us' after they were charged, according to Mueller's report, but the word pardon was not specifically used.
Manafort told Gates not to plead guilty, said Trump's lawyer vowed to 'take care of us'Paul Manafort told an aide it would be "stupid" to plead guilty in the Mueller investigation, the special counsel's report said.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Manafort went on to say that it would be"stupid" to plead guilty, according to the report's characterization of what Gates told investigators. Manafort emphasized that he had been in touch with the president's personal lawyer and repeated that"that they should 'sit tight' and 'we'll be taken care of,'" Mueller's report says.Gates responded by asking Manafort if anyone mentioned pardons. Manafort said no one used that word, the report says.
Manafort, a longtime GOP operative, is serving a prison sentence of seven and a half years after he was ensnared in the special counsel's probe. Manafort agreed to cooperate with the special counsel's office after a Virginia jury found him guilty on eight counts of fraud, but Mueller later said that the former campaign chairman lied to investigators on a host of matters.
According to the report, Gates told investigators that"Manafort said being hired on the campaign would be 'good for business' and increase the likelihood that he would be paid the approximately $2 million he was owed for previous political consulting work in Ukraine." During the sit-down, the Mueller report says, Manafort briefed Kilimnik on"the state of the Trump campaign and Manfort's plan to win the election."Gates, who also attended the meeting, told investigators that the men discussed"battleground" states, which Manafort identified as Michigan, Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Minnesota.
In the meeting, Manafort and Kilimnik also discussed a plan to provide Russia a"backdoor" means to control eastern Ukraine. The proposal involved establishing an autonomous region in the fractured country and installing deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych as its leader, the report says.
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